Hearts in the Wind is the Blog for Radiant Nursing - celebrating The Radiance Technique®. We cover an eclectic range of topics integrating TRT® into our lives. There's something for everyone.

This blog covers an eclectic range of topics for information, fun, and all the ups and downs of life. For students who have studied with me The First and/or The Second Degrees of The Radiance Technique® – there are suggestions for integrating TRT® into daily living. There's something for everyone.

Here It Comes Again

That persnickety daylight saving time (DST) is here. Already. We barely got a break from it before it's right on top of us again.

Of course, you know the correct term is daylight SAVING (no s) time. But over time, it has been easy for people to add an "s" in their conversations.

I have a theory that we're subconsciously thinking of our monetary "savings" which, heaven knows, is usually too small. Just like the amount of sleep we get in the first days after the time change. That's not very scientific, but a fun idea.

Benjamin Franklin Invented It

It's likely that Franklin was more joking than serious, when he thought up the idea of daylight saving time many years ago. Unfortunately, that didn't stop the rest of us from enacting it.

Daylight Saving Time wasn’t introduced in America until 1918, when it was meant to conserve energy for World War I. The thought was, essentially, Franklin’s: that people tend be more active in the evenings, so the extra daylight there would mean fewer hours where people lit their houses at night. After the war, farmers lobbied to get the law repealed; turns out, it’s easier to do farm work when the rest of the world is also on the sun’s schedule. In 1942, during World War II, DST was enacted again, but year-round.

Daylight saving time didn't end after the war. Congress kept enacting and repealing DST until they finally made it law.

DST was reintroduced by the federal government in 1966, though whether or not it was observed was up to states (Arizona and Hawaii don’t observe DST, for example). And in 2007, a law passed by President George W. Bush expanded DST by more than a month — it now runs from March to November.

Daylight Saving Time purportedly would save us energy consumption and costs. Studies, in fact, prove just the opposite. We consume more energy with our use of electronics and running our air conditions.

With this evidence in place, you'd think we'd remove DST just as easily as we added it, but somehow, it doesn't work that way.

Daylight Saving Time Studies

Not only does daylight saving time do little to save energy, we now have evidence that it has negative effects on our health and safety.

In the two days after the change to daylight saving time, there is a 24% increase in the number of heart attacks and for people over the age of 65, the risk of stroke increases by 23%. The time change is actually a "shock" to our systems. Blood pressure can also increase, putting people at risk for blood clots. These events are usually found in those who already have pre-existing conditions that increase their risk.

To help you with the time change, experts recommend exercise, cutting back on alcohol and caffeine and sticking to a schedule. Most notably, they advise us to de-stress.

De-Stress With The Radiance Technique®

Sunday, the first morning after the clocks spring ahead, offers us a great time to benefit from the relaxation and de-stressing effects of TRT® hands-on. As we wake up an hour early, at least according to our bodies, we can relax into the healing of a full hands-on session.

The one-hour TRT® hands-on session balances all levels of our being, psychological and physical. Healing is available to us from deep within our spirit all the way to the cells of our body.

With use of TRT®, I can even experience balancing of my annoyance with DST. We can be on a spiritual journey and still have opinions on a topic. The different sides of a topic can be held in our hearts.

Yay Or Nay For Daylight Saving Time?

Obviously, you can tell I favor elimination of daylight saving time. I trudge through it, like everyone else, but the further we get into fall, the more I long for the return of standard time.

I'm ready to never have to change my clock again except for those wonderful times when I'm afforded the opportunity to travel to other time zones.

And you? Where do you stand on the DST debate? Strong feelings on either side? Or maybe just a meh?

Whatever our feelings, I'll see you in November when we change our clocks back!